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Thereareanumberofelementstoconsiderwhenaddressingsecurityfor
consoleservers.ThefollowingaresomeoftheSecurityaspects:
• Encryptingthedatatrafficsentbetweentheoperatorconsoleandthe
DSXunit.
• Providingauthenticationandauthorizationforusers.
• Loggingdatarelevanttotheoperationsoitca
nla
terbeviewedfor
auditingpurposes.Insomecases,thisdataisrequiredforcompliance
withgovernmentalorcompanyregulations.
• Encryptionofportdatalogsenttoaremotenfsserver.
• Securityprofile
• ʺManintheMiddleʺ
TheSecurityfunctionprovidestheDominionSXadministratorwiththe
fol
l
owingtools:
• Specifyloginauthenticationandhandlingparameters.
• Kerberossettings.
• Certificatespecifications.
• Bannertobedisplayed.
• Securityprofilemanagement.
• Managefirewallrules.
In This Chapter
SecuritySettings...............................................................................................83
LoginSettings
...................................................................................................84
StrongPasswordSettin
gs ...............................................................................85
ConfigureKe
rberos .........................................................................................86
Certificates........................................................................................................86
SSLClientCe
rtific
ate.......................................................................................90
Banner ...............................................................................................................94
SecurityProf
i
les ...............................................................................................95
Firewall .............................................................................................................96
Chapter 9
Securit
y